[LM_NET] new blog: The Gates @ Central Park

[Andy Carvin <acarvin@EDC.ORG>]

(please feel free to redistribute)

Hi everyone,

I've set up a community blog for "The Gates," the upcoming art event in
New York's Central Park by the artist Christo. For two weeks in
February, Christo will decorate Central Park with thousands of
saffron-colored flags on gates throughout the park.

http://nycgates.blogspot.com/

The website is set up to accept blog postings from anyone who visits The
Gates and wants to comment on the event. The site will accept new posts
via email and voicemail. Think of it as a public experiment in
collective art criticism. :-)

There are two emails you can use to post comments to the site - one
email for people with positive comments about The Gates and one for
people with negative comments. You can even attach a photo to the email
and have it placed on the blog, if you go to Central Park and take
pictures. Soon, I'll have the blog set up so that visitors can post
audio blogs/podcasts about the event from their phone, using a call-in
number and PIN code. I used this technique at the recent Harvard
blogging conference for the blog http://mobcasting.blogspot.com.

So for those of you who are in NYC or are planning to visit the city
during the February event, I'd like to invite you to post your thoughts
about The Gates. Feel free to post before, during or immediately after
the event; I'll probably close the site's posting features a couple of
weeks after the exhibit ends.

  How to Post Your Comments and Photos to the Site

  If you would like to post your thoughts about the Christo Central Park
exhibit to the website, please send an email with your comments to
either of these addresses:

For positive comments:
yes-christo.gates @ blogger.com

For critical comments:
no-christo.gates @ blogger.com

(You'll have to remove the blank spaces before and after the "@" symbol.
This is to discourage spam.)

Please put the title of your comments in the "subject" field of the
email, and then your comments in the body of the email. Feel free to
sign your email or post anonymously, whichever is more comfortable for
you. Spam and off-topic posts will be removed immediately from the site.

You can also use these email addresses to post a photo to the website;
simply attach a photo to your email, then put the title in the subject
line and a description and photo credit in the message body. Please only
send your own photos; do not send copyrighted material or other people's
photos without their express permission. If you would like others to be
able to use your photo, please feel free to make a note of it in the
body of your email message.

If you're interested in discussing the site, including the development
of lesson plans and other tools related to it, I've set up a yahoo group
as well. To subscribe, please send an email to
the-gates-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and you'll be added to the list.

thanks,
ac

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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.tsunami-info.org
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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